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Walk for health, walk for love

Physically and mentally, walking has long been regarded as one of the best ways to stay healthy and also unearth some of China's hidden delights.

Seven reasons to walk

Here are some reasons to take those extra steps and make walking a part of your lifestyle:

Time to pass new Olympic sport onto the youth

Adding rugby sevens to the 2016 Rio Olympics has provided the sport with a great boost in China, but for it to gain a firm foothold, it needs to get children involved.

Hot Messi takes Ajax to cleaners

Lionel Messi gave yet another sparkling Champions League recital when he netted a hat-trick as Barcelona began its European campaign with a crushing 4-0 home win over Ajax Amsterdam in Group H on Wednesday.

Mourinho: My team is immature

Jose Mourinho blamed Chelsea's surprise 2-1 home defeat by Basel partly on his team's immaturity and said his young millionaires had better grow up soon or their only Champions League involvement this Christmas will come via their beloved X-boxes.

Love matches

Despite an extremely rigorous schedule, it's not all work and no play for the world's top professional tennis players on the international circuit

Heyday past, South African tennis center struggles

The gold paint on the winners' boards at the Ellis Park tennis stadium in Johannesburg sparkles with names of the greats: Rod Laver, Jimmy Connors, Margaret Court, Billie Jean King and many more.

'World-class' Rooney hailed

Star striker reaches milestone by notching 200th goal for United

Bayern delivers solid response to criticism

Pep Guardiola was delighted to see his Bayern Munich side respond to criticism of its style of play with a 3-0 win against CSKA Moscow in his first Champions League game in charge of the club.

Foton Loxa: Lifting to success

Latecomer finds market niche in construction machinery

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